International trade sanctions have been in the news with the
Russian invasion of Ukraine, but what is not generally known is
that breaching Australia's imposition of trade sanctions can
lead to jail.
Recent case highlights breaching trade sanctions a serious
crime
In 2021 the NSW Supreme Court sentenced Sydney man Chan Han
Choi, 62, to a total of three and a half years in jail in for
trying to broker the sale of North Korean missile parts, coal and
pig iron in contravention of Australian and United Nations trade
sanctions.
Choi, a civil engineer, was born in South Korea, but had lived
in Australia since 1987 and became a citizen in 2001. He walked
free after being sentenced because he had been in custody from the
time of his arrest in 2017.
